[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D412-D414] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine biomedical research, focusing on keeping America's edge in innovation, after receiving testimony from Sudip S. Parikh, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and E. Cartier Esham, Alliance for a Stronger FDA, both of Washington, D.C.; Hermann Haller, MDI Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine; Barry P. Sleckman, University of Alabama O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham; and Emily Stenson, Seattle, Washington. AMERICA'S AIR FORCE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland received a closed briefing on America's Air Force, from General David W. Allvin, USAF, Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Dale R. White, USAF, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and Major General Joseph D. Kunkel, USAF, Director of Force Design, Integration, and Wargaming, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air Force Futures, all of the Air Force, Department of Defense. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 196, to improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 259, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority issued by the Commission and that have certain foreign ownership; S. 320, to authorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 580, to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and guidance relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses perpetrated against the Uyghur population by the Government of the People's Republic of China; S. 606, to authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reimburse the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs directly associated with the removal and replacement of certain drinking water wells; S. 688, to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally, with an amendment; S. 725, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification system, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; [[Page D413]] S. 769, to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction; S. 1003, to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted; S. 1081, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to submit certain reports to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, with an amendment; S. 1278, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct a project to improve forecasts of coastal marine fog; S. 1378, to enhance the use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1433, to reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits, with amendments; S. 1437, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and educational requirements of the Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1492, to require the Secretary of Commerce support the leadership of the United States with respect to the deployment, use, application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology; and The nominations of Olivia Trusty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and routine lists in the Coast Guard. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and The nominations of Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, and Dario Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, both of the Department of Energy. NOMINATIONS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Leslie Beyer, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of the Interior, and Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Nuclear Energy), and Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, both of the Department of Energy. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine opportunities to strengthen water infrastructure programs, focusing on the IIJA's successes, after receiving testimony from Tom Goulette, National Rural Water Association, West Point, Nebraska; Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cleveland, on behalf of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies; and Eric Oswald, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, Lansing, Michigan. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Nicole McGraw, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Thomas DiNanno, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Sarah Rogers, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, and Allison Hooker, of Georgia, to be an Under Secretary (Political Affairs), all of the Department of State. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee began consideration of S. 558, to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and S. 163, to require institutions of higher education participating in Federal student aid programs to share information about title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including a link to the [[Page D414]] webpage of the Office for Civil Rights where an individual can submit a complaint regarding discrimination in violation of such title, but did not complete action thereon and adjourned. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, and Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, both of the Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from members of the intelligence community. RISE OF ANTISEMITISM AND OLDER AMERICANS Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the rise of Antisemitism and supporting older Americans, after receiving testimony from former Representative Ted Deutch, American Jewish Committee, Washington, D.C.; David Schaecter, Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, and Rabbi Mark Rosenberg, Chesed Shel Emes Florida, both of Miami; and Rebecca Federman, Community Security Initiative of New York, New York, New York.